Punjab Aces pulled off a stunning 5-2 victory over Tee Birds in the ongoing Chandigarh Golf League at the Chandigarh Golf Club. The Sultans of Swing won 6-1 against Moksha Royals while Signature halved their match against The Mulligans.
The Aces’ strategy to load up on the fourball pairings was a masterstroke as they swept the Tee Birds five to nothing in the fourball games. Col AS Sekhon and Col Harinder Singh produced a huge 8&7 win with two other pairs winning 4&3. The Birds won the singles games, as expected, with Mivaan Singh carding a 9&7 victory.
Meanwhile, the Sultans made the most points today and opened their campaign with a comprehensive win over the Royals. Other than two games, which went to the 18th green, all others finished early with Bikramjit Bhinder and Gaurav Sethi winning 6&5 and the Amandeep Bath-Shamsher Singh combo getting home 5&4.
In the final match, Hunting Hawks also won big with a 5.5-1.5 win over Chandigarh Gladiators. They started with a huge 7&6 win by Kulvinder Singh in the singles while GS Bakshi and Sukhdev Singh Sidhu combined to win 5&3 to take a comfortable lead going into the later games. Rahul Sehgal and IP Singh scored the only point for the Gladiators when they won the anchor game 2&1.
Signature dug deep to halve their match with some last hole saves. Bismad Singh won 3&2 in his singles and Angad Sangha and Fateh Singh Dhillon winning 6&5 in the anchor game for The Mulligans. Davinder Singh Sandhu and the pair of Manishtha Rao and Manpal Singh scoring the points with a game being halved.
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